Senior Residential Unit Specialist
State of Florida
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Chattahoochee • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $37,024 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Implements and deploys behavioral programs designed for each resident in an appropriate, fair, and impartial manner.
- Ensures that all activities associated with the residents are documented and filed in the appropriate residence chart in accordance with the Agency protocol.
- Immediately notify the supervisor of any issues associated with the resident(s).
- Performs 1:1 Specials in accordance with Agency protocols, ensures that appropriate and required documentation is completed in a timely and accurate manner, and works with individual resident(s) as assigned or required.
- Confers with unit supervisors concerning behavioral problems of resident(s) and assists in planning corrective measures.
- Cooperates with the supervisors of wards or units, ensuring that the developmentally disabled are being adequately cared for and are receiving prescribed care and training.
- Makes daily rounds of the assigned wards or units for safety and sanitation issues and reports findings in accordance with Agency policy or procedure.
- Maintain Crisis Prevention and Intervention certification and provide programming techniques.
Requirements
- A valid driver’s license.
- Must be able to lift 40 pounds, pull, squat, and stand for extended periods of time.
- One (1) year of experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities or in a psychiatric care or mental health setting.
- High school diploma or its equivalent.
- Must be able to perform duties that involve direct contact with residents in a secure forensic facility.
- Certification in the Agency’s Crisis Prevention and Intervention Program.
- Advanced training may be required.
- A pre-employment and annual TB screening.
- Annual CPR Certification.
Benefits
- Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
- Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
- State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
- Retirement plan options, including employer contributions.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Tuition waivers.
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave.
- And more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Crisis Prevention and Intervention techniquesdocumentationbehavioral program implementationsafety and sanitation assessment
Soft skills
communicationcooperationproblem-solvingimpartialitytimeliness
Certifications
Crisis Prevention and Intervention certificationCPR certification